Art & Art History
SAAH Open House + Studios
Image courtesy of UIC School of Art and Art History |Lauren Leving
UIC Arts and Exhibition Hall
400 South Peoria St., Chicago IL, 60607
The UIC School of Art and Art History is hosting an Open House on Friday, November 14, 5–9 p.m. The event will begin in UIC Gallery 400 with a talk led by Lauren Leving, co-organizer of ‘ and UIC Museum and Exhibition Studies alumnus. Leving will speak on how her degree has informed her professional work and offer insight to students about what it’s like to work post-graduation.
Come explore what our vibrant community is creating and meet new friends in the UIC School of Art and Art History.
ABOUT
Lauren Leving (she/her) is an independent curator and writer based in Chicago, IL. Her work explores how creative practice can expand institutionally-rooted understandings of access. Building on an ongoing body of research that examines Social Emotional Learning within museums, Lauren develops projects that offer multiple entry points and support the breadth of ways that widespread communities engage with contemporary art. Using access as a framework, Lauren’s curatorial practice focuses on the intersections of disability justice and visual art; complex relationships between material histories, resource extraction, and toxicity; and how artists assume the role of loophole creator in service of institutional change.